Trapped pieces

in chess •  3 years ago 

Even though there are 64 squares and only 32 pieces, those squares can run out and your pieces can be left out without legal moves and getting trapped. It is a frustrating situation when you can't save a piece from being taken because you didn't foresee it would get trapped a few moves before.

Sometimes, even with a pawn move, you can take away your opponent's safe squares. Even queens are vulnerable to be trapped because any trade for a lesser piece is dangerous.

The Queen is such a powerful piece and it controls so many squares, it is hard to believe it can be trapped, but with the correct tactics and a positive position, every piece is trappable.


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Positions like this are often found, when one side overextends a piece and with simple forward moves you can corner a piece. In this scenario Black's queen is all by itself on the edge of the board. Can you find a way to trap it?

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By forking the Queen and Knight, and at the same time pinning the king to the knight, white has made a great move. And now the Queen is trapped.

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